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The applications deadline will be April 20, 2025 at 11:59 pm Pacific. Apply now! Quality Improvement Lead Educator Consultant We’re hiring two positions for our Family Ways team: Project/Program Manager III - Quality Improvement Lead who will...
Children, young people, and families thrive when they have access to high-quality, equitable, and culturally relevant services and programs, and Best Starts partners with many small, culturally specific organizations to support those services....
About 30 people, including staff from Best Starts, community organizations, and families who access Best Starts supports, gathered mid-March to celebrate the send-off of a King County Metro Bus fully wrapped in a Best Starts design. The...
The application deadline is April 14, 2025 at 11:59 pm Pacific. Apply now! We’re hiring a Prenatal to Five Team Lead (Project/Program Manager IV)! This role provides strategic leadership and oversight of programs that reach children and...
The King County Children and Youth Advisory Board (CYAB) is seeking individuals interested in serving on the CYAB for a three-year term beginning late spring 2025. The CYAB serves as the oversight and advisory body for the Best Starts for...
Applications for the Best Starts for Kids Wage Boost Pilot opened February 10 and we want to make sure we hear from child care workers and employers about their experience and well-being. Directors and owners who apply or have already applied...
To our wonderful Best Starts community, We know that this moment is incredibly difficult and uncertain. We are seeing loved ones face persistent threats to basic rights and safety, families afraid to access services or be out in community,...
Child care facilities can now apply to join the Best Starts Child Care Wage Boost Pilot. Applications close March 7. Apply here! Eligible facilities will be selected by lottery, and workers at selected facilities can enroll to receive a...
The application deadline is February 18, 2025 at 11:59 pm Pacific. Apply now! We’re hiring a Project/Program Manager III to manage our Help Me Grow Systems Building work, which involves working with external community partners. Job duties...
The application deadline is February 17, 2025 at 11:59 pm Pacific. Apply now! We’re hiring two Contract Managers (PPM-II) to support programs such as Home-Based Services, Community-Based Parenting Support, Child Care Health Consultation, and...
We offer equity-centered workshops for King County early childhood providers.
This dashboard shows the impact of Best Starts funding across its eight investment areas: Child Care, Investing Early, Sustain the Gain, Youth and Family Homelessness Prevention Initiative, Communities of Opportunity, Capital Projects, Technical Assistance and Capacity Building, and Data and Evaluation.